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[ColonialRaptor]

So there is a lot of discussion around about the current gen tech holding back games. I personally want cyberpunk to be the best version of the game that it can be and its the kind of game I don’t care if it gets continually delayed because it needs to be just right.

If you chose option two to drop PS4 and XB1 would you care I’d this caused a further delay to the game? What if the only way to make this happen would be to have a further delay?

What we’ve been seeing in the media lately is definitely the game running on a 2080ti PC and I don’t think the current gen consoles can keep up and it will be really interesting to see what sort of things those consoles are causing to be held back in the game. For example they wanted to have fully destructible environments but the consoles couldn’t hold up to that so it might just have slightly destructible. Could CDPR go fully destructible if they went next gen only?

Personally I’m planning to play the game on PS5 but I do want to experience the best version of the game so I may end up having to upgrade my PC to play it... and in truth it’s really impossible to make any kind of proper decision about how much the current gen will “hold back” the game until we see how paired down it gets because of it.

Hopefully the game engine has been built with scalability in mind (which I believe it has) so we can still get a glimpse of that top end look on our current gen consoles.

 

[Romulus]

I wish they would drop them, those old consoles are complete trash at this point.

 

[Exede]

From a financiel point of view they would be stupid to ignore the x one and ps4.

 

[Quixz]

Yay I voted first!

The game will likely run terribly, DROP the old machine ASAP!

 

[llLeonhart]

To late at this point.

 

[Sw0pDiller]

You are confusing a professional developer with lots of experience and know how (CD project) with some fast put together team by Microsoft that is in a hurry and under pressure to deliver an AAA launchgame. CD project is on a whole other level than the non gamers that work at 343's

 

[LOLCats]

total crazy town

 

[Entroyp]

I’m amazed CP can run on this gen consoles, given that it can bring a 2080ti to its knees.

 

[Thugnificient]

I wish they’d drop all consoles and only focus on PC’s equipped with a 2080 Ti class GPU and above and 16-cores CPU’s.

 

[Kagey K]

Never going to happen.

Too much money invested in the game as it is already and cross gen games have been a thing since forever. All this wishful thinking of dropping current gen is never happening for games this far along the pipeline.

 

[Abriael_GN]

So there is a lot of discussion around about the current gen tech holding back games. I personally want cyberpunk to be the best version of the game that it can be and its the kind of game I don’t care if it gets continually delayed because it needs to be just right.

If you chose option two to drop PS4 and XB1 would you care I’d this caused a further delay to the game? What if the only way to make this happen would be to have a further delay?

What we’ve been seeing in the media lately is definitely the game running on a 2080ti PC and I don’t think the current gen consoles can keep up and it will be really interesting to see what sort of things those consoles are causing to be held back in the game. For example they wanted to have fully destructible environments but the consoles couldn’t hold up to that so it might just have slightly destructible. Could CDPR go fully destructible if they went next gen only?

Personally I’m planning to play the game on PS5 but I do want to experience the best version of the game so I may end up having to upgrade my PC to play it... and in truth it’s really impossible to make any kind of proper decision about how much the current gen will “hold back” the game until we see how paired down it gets because of it.

Hopefully the game engine has been built with scalability in mind (which I believe it has) so we can still get a glimpse of that top end look on our current gen consoles.

The closer we get to the next generation, the weirder and more nonsensical takes we get.

No one's going to give up hundreds of millions in revenue to please the next-gen purists.

 

[Vaztu]

Too late to drop it. AI has been designed for Jaguar CPUs imo, among other things.

Only hope is for the patch to be comprehensive to feel like a step up (not just graphics)

 

[Insane Metal]

I can't wait to see how shit it will look on current gen consoles.

 

[Arun1910]

You are confusing a professional developer with lots of experience and know how (CD project) with some fast put together team by Microsoft that is in a hurry and under pressure to deliver an AAA launchgame. CD project is on a whole other level than the non gamers that work at 343's

Pretty much this. Whilst current gen can hold back games, it isnt the only factor. In 343's case, its also the fact that their core design principles/art style/ and light render solution are just all sorts of fucked up.

 

[GHG]

Drop them.

I'm pretty much convinced they are the reason for the most recent delay.

 

[CormacMcNulty]

Dropping current gen version would be equal to CDPR shooting themselves in foot without any reason. CP2077's full production started in 2016. Cancelling current gen versions won't magically change the core game design to take full advantage of the Zen 2 processors and SSD of next gen consoles.

 

[SF Kosmo]

Zero fucks about the last gen versions.

I don't have any real insight into how much they are/aren't holding the game back, so it's hard to answer this fairly, but since I am definitely getting this on PC, and my PC is fairly next-gen ready, I would probably prefer that was the target for which it was optimized.

 

[Lionel Richie]

If they want to go bankrupt, why not?

 

[Thugnificient]

Never going to happen.

Too much money invested in the game as it is already and cross gen games have been a thing since forever. All this wishful thinking of dropping current gen is never happening for games this far along the pipeline.

Don’t think anyone has wishful thinking about them dropping current consoles. That’d be billions of $$$ in losses.

 

[danielJackson]

If we want huge games from them, then current gen version must stay.

Hard to make the next game if this wont sell millions and millions. current gen = +150 million systems to sell to.

And it is too late to drop them anyway, so it would not really matter that much

 

[Blond]

But the games nearly out already and was designed with those specs in mind, just wait for the upgraded versions if you want it that badly.

 

[MrS]

Drop that weak shit like a stone.

 

[Agent X]

The game's already too far along in development for them to drop the PS4 and Xbox One at this point. Even though it might not run optimally on those machines (compared to PC or future consoles), the work has already been done, and people have been expecting this game for years. They'd lose a lot of potential sales, and people would be disgusted if they couldn't get this game for a system they already own.

If they create a sequel, then that would (and should) surely target PS5 and Xbox Series X.

 

[Mister Wolf]

Drop the old consoles and bump those settings up.

 

[Dorohedoro]

Zero fucks about the last gen versions.

I don't have any real insight into how much they are/aren't holding the game back, so it's hard to answer this fairly, but since I am definitely getting this on PC, and my PC is fairly next-gen ready, I would probably prefer that was the target for which it was optimized.

Don't you mean "Zero fucks about the console versions.", since you're getting the PC version anyway?

 

[SF Kosmo]

Don't you mean "Zero fucks about the console versions.", since you're getting the PC version anyway?

Well I figure the new guys can hang without holding anyone back.

 

[Gediminas]

it is practically 2 month from gold status and someone creating a topic if PS4 and Xb1 should be dropped?

i think the creator of the topic dropped on his head.

 

[Gediminas]

Drop them.

I'm pretty much convinced they are the reason for the most recent delay.

rumors says it was xb1 specifically. anyways. it is 2month from gold, no one in the right mind would drop it. what a load of bollocks.

 

[Vawn]

Not sure it would make any difference this close to release. The game is already designed for PS4/XBO.

 

[Kerotan]

Too late now. When they started dev they had to choose the ps4 so sadly no choice.

 

[Astral Dog]

If it was designed with the limitations of PS4ONE in mind and looks good i don't see good reason to drop those console versions.

 

[Bartski]

there were additional external parties hired after April '19 delay just to optimize the code so it can hit 30 fps on Xbone and base PS4. Together that's 150+ million consoles. There is no way such a decision has ever been on the table

 

[mortal]

If Cyberpunk 2077 was built from the ground up for PC & next-gen consoles, it would be a better game for it.

It's too late for that.

 

[Anal Wake]

I imagine playing CP2077 on current-gen consoles will be like having sex with a condom. Somewhat fun, but still you feel that something is just not right.

 

[Shizumapower]

I can't see them dropping the PS4 version.

 

[EruditeHobo]

As far as I can tell, presuming this question basically requires a misunderstanding of how game development works... there's a zero percent chance they "drop" the PS4/XB1 versions, I don't think that even makes sense.

 

[Anal Wake]

I can't see them dropping the PS4 version.

Of course they won’t, not when the install base of both PS4 and XO is over 150 mln users. But I’ll patiently wait for next-gen version of the game till next year.

 

[VFXVeteran]

You really can get away with this game on lower gen consoles. It's already developed on the PC platform. I think that we can forget about what they could do to game design if it wasn't out on the current gen consoles but I think the game is already going to push hardware to the limits. 2080Ti probably won't run the game @ ultra with 4k/60FPS. We can hope to get 4k/60 on 3000 series cards but that's not a given.

 

[nyr88nyg]

Wouldn’t that take years since it was built from the ground up for current gen?

 

[zeorhymer]

Why would they? They've been in development for so long and it's about to come out. Why in the world would they scrap the PS4/XB and delay til the next gen? On top of that, they're going to be missing on millions of possible unit sales for an established base.

 

[the_master]

It is waaay too late for that. I wish they had targeted next gen from the get go, but they always planned current gen.

 

[Warnen]

cant see them ignoring the massive install base of PS4 and Xbox, Xbox one x version should be ok. Hope the patch comes early for those jumping to next gen.

PC will be great out of the gate.

 

[iorek21]

I have a feeling that current gen CP2077 is going to suprise everyone positively.

 

[Justin9mm]

I know CDPR are supporting free upgrade versions for Series X and PS5 but do we know if those will virtually be available straight away?

Rumour PS5 dropping Nov 20th and CP2077 releases Nov 19th. If true, I want to be able to get my PS5 day 1 and play that next gen version.

Whatever date the PS5 releases, it will be so close to the release of Cyberpunk, I might as well wait. I somehow can't see how it wouldn't be supported straight away, that game could sell the next gen consoles alone.

 

[fran.fernandez]

wait and see.

I bought the Witcher 3 day one because of the Hype and the game was kinda boring with bad combat system.

so, again. Wait and see

 

[MrFunSocks]

oh ffs are we just going to have threads like this about every game now?

Dropping the current gen means delaying the game for another few years if you want it to "take advantage of the next gen consoles". Cyberpunk was not made with the next gen consoles in mind. Dropping the current gen doesn't magically get you a better game on next gen.

 

[rofif]

It should come out 2 years ago

 

[Portugeezer]

I know CDPR are supporting free upgrade versions for Series X and PS5 but do we know if those will virtually be available straight away?

Rumour PS5 dropping Nov 20th and CP2077 releases Nov 19th. If true, I want to be able to get my PS5 day 1 and play that next gen version.

Whatever date the PS5 releases, it will be so close to the release of Cyberpunk, I might as well wait. I somehow can't see how it wouldn't be supported straight away, that game could sell the next gen consoles alone.

The game will work on PS5 (not through backwards compatibility), but it will be a simple port to work on PS5 natively (any PS4 games from now also have to work on PS5).

CDPR said the upgrade with high quality features will come later.

 

[UltimaKilo]

This title is so poorly written. I came in here thinking it had been dropped...

 

[BlackM1st]

lolno

Not gonna happen in 1.000.000 years.

That's not how game development works. You can't just drop support for you lower end platform and immediately transform your game into truly NextGen experience.

Plus, why would they abandon insane PS4/xbone player base?

Forget it ppl. Just buy it on PC and enjoy years of free updates through MODding.